内容简介:Mirette lives in a boarding house surrounded by actors, dancers, jugglers and mimes. Her life is filled with exciting stories and fascinating people. None as magical as the stranger Mirette discovers crossing the courtyard on air--a tightrope walker. Mirette becomes the stranger's pupil and learns to walk the wire. Features brilliant watercolor and gouache paintings, reminiscent of the French Impressionists. 1993 Caldecott Medal winner.
作者简介:Emily Arnold McCully is a children's author who was born in Galesburg, Illinois, in 1939, but grew up in Garden City, New York. She attended Brown University and Columbia University.
Among the awards she has won, Ms. McCully has received a Christopher Award for Picnic, and the Caldecott Medal for Mirette on the High Wire.
但最吸引米瑞特的人莫过于钢丝人贝里尼,在钢丝上他总能那么优雅而轻松的行走,仿佛如在平底般。
米瑞特成为了贝里尼的学生。当她知道贝里尼靠着恐惧才完成多年的走钢丝表演时,她决定向贝里尼证明即便是学生有时候也是最棒的。
孩子的世界总是大人无法理解的,在大人眼中平凡无奇的事孩子却视如奇迹,而孩子也总是带给我们奇迹,有些事情确实让成年人大吃一惊,而米瑞特要做的事情也是如此,她勇敢、充满好奇心,她用自己的智慧向大人证明即便是学生,即便是孩子有时候也值得我们学习。
故事内容充满正能量,由水彩、水粉画组成的图画色彩鲜艳,看起来非常雅致,对孩子来说,这将是一场惊艳的视觉盛宴。
Among the awards she has won, Ms. McCully has received a Christopher Award for Picnic, and the Caldecott Medal for Mirette on the High Wire.